One cliche that I get tired of reading on these pages is comments by xenophobic amercians saying things like what how dare the french not support us in the UN when we have stoped them from speaking german on two occasions.
It crossed my mind that well maybe there wouldnt even be a USA if it wernt for the french. I had no idea about there actual contribution to the USA in its war against the Brits.
Anyway this website seems to summarise it nicely.
what the frogs did for the yanks.